The ULTIMATE Create Mod Steam Engine Guide in 2024

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Steam Engines are the most powerful way to generate stress units in Create Mod! A lot of plays find themselves confused by them though so in this guide video I go over a tutorial on how to build them as well as how they work, how to read their boiler status, all the juicy numbers information you need, and even some addons that will help you out!
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00:00 2024's Ultimate guide on create mod steam engines!
00:22 What is a create mod steam engine?
00:44 How to build a create mod steam engine
02:33 Earn a game design degree with SNHU!
03:50 How to level up a create mod steam engine
07:36 How does a create mod steam engine overstress
08:35 How much water does a create mod steam engine need
09:14 How large must a create mod steam engine be
09:34 How to heat a blaze burner
11:00 How to build a lava farm
13:07 How to superheat a blaze burner
13:40 Addons for create mod steam engines
15:05 Steam engine facts!
#guide #minecraft #createmod

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[@PotatoTheProgrammer]

imagine wanting to making money 🤮

[@RickClark58]

Imagine how the world would look today if the industrial revolution happened during the height of the Roman empire. It only took a 120ish years to go from an agrarian society to a space-faring society. Where would we be after a couple thousand?

[@dejojotheawsome]

Wouldn't that have been insane, in fact I read that in the 1500s a spaniard pitched the idea of a steam boat to the monarchy but was denied! Could you imagine if steam powered boats had been invented over 200 years early?

[@Zordlistair]

The reason it didn't catch on was that it wasn't worth investing the resources into it at the time when you could just have slaves do the same job. When it was invented again, it was during a time where we started to realize that slavery really wasn't such a good idea any more.

[@OnlySkeep]

​@@ZordlistairOh it's not that it wasn't a good idea, it was actually very good at first. But then they realized that with the increase in prices, having to buy slaves, feed them, maintain them and give them shelter was no longer worthwhile. Of course, the mentality was also changing and human ethics was making itself felt. And so slavery was abandoned, or rather revolutionized, moving on to feudalism, and for the same reason reaching where we are today (mostly) democracy.

[@KuraiLunae]

@@Zordlistair Economically, slaves were still a good idea, at least when it came to purchase price. They didn't need to be paid, they would prevent crashes between vessels (they don't want to drown, after all), and the price to feed and house them would be roughly comparable to the coal needed for the steam generation. The difference wasn't that slavery wasn't a good idea, it was that slavery was starting to be seen as immoral (and rightly so). Morals don't decide if something is a good idea or not, they just decide if it's acceptable or not. I think almost everybody can agree slavery is not acceptable, at least.

[@legdig]

Newcomen steam engines were actually fairly commonplace for draining mines of water to allow crews to reach deeper ore deposits, They were so critical that if they had not been invented the industrial revolution may have never even begun.

[@dejojotheawsome]

Woah thanks for sharing that’s so cool!

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[@dejojotheawsome]

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[@KageNoOnisu]

12:47 You absolutely can have it place directly onto the depot that fills the bucket with lava. I always do that with my steam engines. The trick is to use 2 buckets, choose the blaze burners for depositing to before you select the depot under the spout, and set the mechanical arm to "prefer first". The second bucket prevents the depot under the spout from being empty unless the mechanical arm has already picked up the bucket from the lower depot. Since the top depot will already have something, the mechanical arm won't pick the bucket up from the lower depot unless there's a blaze burner to fuel, and prefer first ensures the mechanical arm will prioritize the blaze burner, preventing it from picking up the bucket from the lower depot, the bucket from the upper depot moving to the lower depot, then the arm seeing the upper depot is empty and putting its bucket back on the upper depot. The end result is the arm will only pick up a lava bucket to fuel a blaze burner, then afterwards placing the empty bucket on the upper depot. On top of that, instead of spending brass and an electron tube on a second depot, you instead spend 3 iron, saving the more valuable brass.

[@ShadowSoldi]

thx man for saving my machine

[@fordalels]

finally! i love steam engines so much, but i often forget specific breakpoints (resources for a level 9 specifically), this is gonna help a lot!

[@dejojotheawsome]

Yeah I really tried to get granular without being overwhelming on this one

[@FormerlyDuck]

Immediately made this, and it dwarfed all the SU sources my server has ever had combined. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@6tobi6hana6]

Good that addons exist that make lvl 18 steam engine super easy to make. I LOVE CRAFTS AND ADDITIONS the straw is just op

[@Jimmdk]

I started watching your channel recently and I absolutely enjoy every single one of your videos!

[@Freedbot]

Good job going back and tying up loose ends man. That was very clear and concise.

[@troybaxter]

Great video. I just finished upgrading my create mod stuff to 1.19.2 with the most recent create release after playing in 1.18.2 for several months, just so I can use the Enchantment Add On. I'll have to make these changes to my steam engines so they can run better.

[@landonoswald5824]

This is perfect timing was going through your old videos on this since I can finally place create and this came out today as I’m about to try

[@dejojotheawsome]

Awesome!

[@Barlo2977]

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[@landonoswald5824]

@@dejojotheawsome since you replied I’ve got one more question for a non creative steam engine build should I just try to use gear ups to power the steam engine or would something else be easier

[@user-ic1vg2ho1p]

side note: the blaze burner with straw also accepts flammable liquids from other mods such as immersive engineering ethanol, seed oil, and biodiesel AND u can make immersive seed oil in basins by pressing them AND immersive biodiesel actually superheats them and if u want u can drain the ie jerrycans with fluid drains

[@UbersweMinecraft]

Definitely the new go to guide for Create mod steam engines and I loved the facts at the end!

[@dejojotheawsome]

I'm full of steam engine facts like did you know Leonardo da Vinci actually drew up plans for a steam powered cannon that would be able to fire projectiles that weighed 110lbs or 50kg! And that many of his principles were used to invent the first commercial steam engine in 1712 despite the fact that his description of his cannon was found 100 years later! It's possible the cannon may have worked if it had been attempted pontially revolutionizing combat and starting an early industrial revolution

[@UbersweMinecraft]

@@dejojotheawsome teach me more!!!

[@1stviperr]

Another day another helpful video from Djojo, ya love to see it. Thanks again homi ❤

[@randomflexi8019]

Just about to set one up for some atm stuff so epic timing

[@dejojotheawsome]

Awesome! I hope it helps :D

[@fanzaii]

i really enjoyed the steam engine facts, thanks

[@cloudd.363]

4:25 also you can place lava under the boiler tank which will produce passive status as well.

[@tiki2032]

That’s funny your sponsor is actually my school. And I’m going for computer engineering.

[@WolvenfaceArts]

Oh wow, I was just watching your playlist of create mods and you posted this video! Haha, will make sure to watch, keep it up! Also, is there a tutorial about trains coming anytime soon?

[@dejojotheawsome]

Maaaaaybe ;)

[@DakotaPrideModding]

This is a really comprehensive guide, really well put together as well! Never knew that you could just, light empty blaze burners, but you learn something new every day I suppose lol

[@dejojotheawsome]

Yeah you can even make them blue if you click them with soul sand!

[@DakotaPrideModding]

@@dejojotheawsome Decorative ability increased lol, thanks!

[@pjptacek]

You can put funnel on top of the depot pointing in. Filter it for empty buckets only. Then tell arm to use depot as source and burner and funnel as destination. Boom, much simpler, cheaper, and more compact feeding design.

[@astreanightfang2622]

love using the lava, i used a pointed dripstone farm for a while, to fill up my own main lava source, while also making manual trips back and forth, because i decided i was going to look into trains after my lava farm was setup. but anyways i now have a nice big old infinite lava pool with 2 extractors using lava. running 5 level 9 generators and that, is quite overkill for a while

[@RuthlessDarknes5]

Very informational video, now i know to get garnished

[@dejojotheawsome]

Garnished is great!

[@darktdog99]

11:55 - If you place the brass funnel directly on top of the first depot, aimed towards the depot and with an empty bucket filter, it should work and you won't need the second depot and funnel. Edit: I add a fluid container for the lava and let that fill a bit before starting it. I think the bucket always being filled right away plays into not needing a second depot.

[@PeSeBesh]

Good video for beginners 👍

[@dejojotheawsome]

Thank you!

[@Parasolhahahahalol]

i am trying to learn engines in create and stumbled on this video. "2h ago". Must be a sign

[@dejojotheawsome]

Glad I could help!

[@thatfancyguy869]

Another fun thing about Create: New Age is that the reactor isn't even necessary. You can have heat pipes above lava pools and use heat pumps to transfer heat over to the boiler heaters. Infinite idle power at the cost of real estate. (It gets pretty space-hungry for all the pools but that's a small price to pay for some light cheesing lol)

[@Paul_VR]

You can make a tutorial building the perfect house or base for the start and late stages in create mod? I want tutorial

[@dwr1001]

14:50 there is also create: liquid fuel, which does straw things without straws

[@Chazz_Smiley_extra]

Another way you can fuel a blaze burner by lava is to create a lava tank and pump the lava from that tank into all blaze burners, this is nowhere near as space efficient as the bucket method but yeah, I am also quite new to create so if the lava bucket thing is better please do let me know :)

[@ironwiskers1684]

i haven't seen this anywhere, but if you want to use lava to power your blaze burners, you can just pump from the lava source to the underside of the blaze burner, no mechanical arm needed. Of course, this doesn't lend itself to using blaze cakes later.

[@dejojotheawsome]

That is not a vanilla create feature, you must have the liquid burners addon for that

[@KuRuTeKo]

Hi, I have all of create, which has a mod called create teleporters, and it works with tele juice, which comes from chorus fruit, do you know any way of making an automated farm for chorus fruits or chorus flowers that automatically plant? I have all the idea but can't get the deployers to plant the chorus flower on endstone

[@andybenefer7991]

Hey im trying to get a mechanical arm setup for the auto lava feeder but my mechanical arm wont left click on the brass funnel and highlight up yellow what can i do?? Any suggestions???

[@Kraus-]

Thanks for the info. I had been using 64 cauldrons to make lava for a single steam engine. I can save a ton of iron by limiting it to 12.

[@igniteous13]

okay but how would you power for example a mechanical arm with a steam engine or some big machine?

[@shimesu443]

Now if I could just get rid of the annoying glitch that causes my lvl 4 boiler to randomly under water itself. Fixing it requires taking off one of the four steam engines that send power around my base, slap on a hand crank on the cog next to the 2nd water pump, and crank for a few seconds until it kicks itself back into high gear. Replace the steam engine and done. No idea why it randomly does that. Good thing Create boilers don't act like real ones when they run out of water...

[@mrbanana9221]

3:27 Is there a way we can play that game you made?

[@CathodeRayKobold]

it should be noted that it doesn't matter how you arrange your boilers. Nine level 1 steam engines produces the same power as one level 9. Two level 9s is the same as one level 18. You probably shouldn't bother with a level 18 as it's more expensive fuel for the same output as 2 9s.

[@gerekosaxsis736]

Another easy way to get infinite fuel for blaze burners is a wood farm hooked up to a bulk smelter. Simple (yet maybe big) and reliable

[@slimeinabox]

Theres also an addon that lets you feed blaze burners with fluid via pipe

[@jackg_uk]

bro i was just about to make a steam engine what are the chances

[@dejojotheawsome]

Glad I could be in time!

[@IamGG0]

Hay can you do create dreams and desiers its one of the best if not the best create add on

[@Marxon1134]

My only issue is using a straw filled lava cauldron setup for whatever reason drains when unloaded.

[@GioAcation]

Does anyone have a recommendation for an automatic create quarry that puts items in a storage( that i dont have to manyally empty)?

[@dejojotheawsome]

Any contraption picks up items automatically! You can use portable storage interfaces to move items from a contraption to stationary inventories

[@GioAcation]

@@dejojotheawsome So its possible to build a system that ransports items form a quarry to a storage? Btw are you planning on doing a tutorial on a quarry? because i wanted to clear a really large perimeter and maybe keep the resources :)

[@yalkn2073]

You dont need a second depot and funnel, mechanical arms doesnt pick up the empty bucket

[@leusic4561]

Yeah pretty much all about steam engines, i am gonna see your arcane engineering series too after this :)_

[@6tobi6hana6]

I had 4 lvl 18's in arcane engineering lol

[@Narutorz]

Can the boiler be sideways? (3x3x~, longer than it is tall) Because that'd be cool to make a V8 looking engine

[@dejojotheawsome]

Boilers are only vertical!

[@Narutorz]

@@dejojotheawsome >:(

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

You might be able to do that with Create: Interactive, but don't quote me on that

[@Narutorz]

@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan :o

[@TALAXASE]

Спасибо тебе за помощь, теперь я смогу построить их намного эффективнее и компактнее!

[@slimeinabox]

“Not survival viable” sounds like a challenge.

[@gustavopimentel8199]

But how do I get the lava out of the nether?

[@ubinox3804]

or just hold w!!! This is a joke great video.

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

I feel like like a super-heating liquid fuel should be more magical, so the bio eþanol and peanut oil don't do it for me

[@Nuniixo]

Even universities sponsor now? Damn

[@warnenok]

3days ago post comm, but video post 30 min ago

[@remotekilla]

9:10 dude calm down

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Will the legend comment hi?

[@dejojotheawsome]

No

[@aaronlycantherainbowultima6155]

@@dejojotheawsome you still replied lol

[@oleksiiammo7832]

tenth, i think

[@acidflowsalt2321]

Play steam engine simulator

[@zer0000amalava]

:o

[@form5]

Yeah, yeah, but hear me out Water mill It works from nothing, doesn't loads your computer much and literally the earliest way to get eternally working stress generator.

[@lalaldka]

w-wat???? 30 BC????? i love the american education system T~T (yes i know it's a joke, it just hurts a tiny bit) correction: wrong steam tool, technically a steam turbine! :D edit after finishing the video, i have been all over the internet searching facts about steam & it's utilization, that the only thing i actually listened to was the ending facts LMAO

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[@mrbanana9221]

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